This looks decent. I will be surprised if these two turn out to be related.
Paradox was in incredibly bad shape when they cancelled Bloodlines 2, which is why they fired Ebba and reinstated Wester. It seemed like he was bringing them back to prosperity though?
King of hearts, buff guy and long rifle seem cool.
Hardsuit's Bloodlines 2 was cancelled. They immediately started a new one with a different studio that we recently saw hints of, with a bigger look announced for September.
It's weird. Paradox has been funding this for two years and in 2022 they agreed to extend milestone payments through 2024. Now all of a sudden it's "Yeah, we're out, but we're not outright cancelling it. If you find someone else to fund the final year of development that's cool with us, you can even keep the setting as is" and Draw Distance replies with "Thanks, we're so happy with this arrangement that we're going to pay to use the Vampire the Masquerade license through 2029." When a project breaks down like this, one would expect burned bridges and hard feelings. The first explanation that pops into my mind is that Paradox simply doesn't have the money to continue. Maybe they were once again ridiculously optimistic about how long it'd take to complete Bloodlines 2, and extending development of that means the money is no longer there to pay these guys. Maybe early 2024 was too optimistic for DD's game and it needed another extension, so they decided to cut their losses now instead of being up a creek without a paddle later.
Feel like if they had one lined up there wouldn't be any need for the "the Company will now focus on finding a publisher interested in financing the project in question. At the same time, the Company is entitled to suspend development work on the Game." talk. They wouldn't spook their shareholders unnecessarily.
them and their fuckin' dlc
Here's to hoping they find someone, or go crowdfunding for the last year. I need my Hunter fix!
Paradox has (even more) money problems? Let's celebrate! I think.
Auto-translated with DeepL even though I'm Polish since I cba to translate corporate speak myself. It's accurate, apart from some wonky word order in the first paragraph.
I totally forgot about that game. It looked neat, if pozzed, then vanished without so much as a whisper. Was their anything wrong with it? A quick glance at Steam reviews suggests style over substance and unpolished on a technical basis.
The biggest thing wrong with it was that it had a $30 million budget which would have been very difficult to recoup even in the most ideal of circumstances. Releasing a mediocre turn based tactical game in a crowded season that already included more-appealing tactical games was less than ideal.
So you think this game was cancelled?
One of those things that got approved when money was cheap and getting cheaper, and no longer makes sense with increasing interest rates on loans.
They tried to shop it around at gamescom, but the downturn in the industry meant no one was looking to fund anything new. Their last financial report said they were still looking for a publisher. It's looking less and less likely they'll find one.
